Alert archive / Minnesota / Benton County
Weather alerts in Benton County, Minnesota, 2025
112 weather alerts in 2025, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Benton County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 112
- Warnings
- 26
- Watches
- 25
- Advisories
- 28
- Busiest month
- July21 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 16, 20255 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 4 tornado warnings covering Benton County in 2025 had a tornado report inside them.
Benton County, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 4 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 8 | 5 | 38% | 1 | 100% | 38 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Twin Cities, MN: tornado warnings | 81 | 20 | 75% | 42 | 79% | 10 min |
| NWS Twin Cities, MN: severe thunderstorm warnings | 185 | 99 | 46% | 390 | 72% | 19 min |
| NWS Twin Cities, MN: flash flood warnings | 22 | 9 | 59% | 24 | 63% | 62 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 3:20 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 311 days |
| Jan 13, 9:32 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | MPX | 11 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:13 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | MPX | 3 days |
| Jan 17, 2:13 PM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | MPX | 4 days |
| Feb 2, 2:26 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 32 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:27 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MPX | 16 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:29 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | 30 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:50 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 36 hr |
| Feb 7, 6:36 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | 20 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:17 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | MPX | 32 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:51 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | MPX | 30 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:26 AM CST | Extreme Cold Watch | MPX | 24 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:35 AM CST | Extreme Cold Watch | MPX | 24 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:35 AM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | MPX | 31 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:59 AM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | MPX | 31 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:27 AM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | MPX | 31 hr |
| Feb 27, 1:36 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MPX | 28 hr |
| Mar 14, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 2:54 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 52 hr |
| Mar 29, 8:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:23 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | 25 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:47 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 63 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:54 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 27 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:44 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 130 days |
| Apr 17, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | 22 min |
| May 8, 2:39 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | 48 hr |
| May 10, 2:24 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | 37 hr |
| May 10, 2:24 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | 32 hr |
| May 11, 10:11 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | 23 hr |
| May 12, 2:48 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | 12 hr |
| May 13, 3:17 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | 18 hr |
| May 15, 12:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 15, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 15, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | 23 min |
| May 15, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 34 min |
| May 17, 2:58 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | MPX | 28 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 1:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jun 16, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 4:29 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Watch | MPX | 34 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:45 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | MPX | 3 days |
| Jun 19, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 25, 10:50 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | 10 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 38 min |
| Jun 28, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 36 min |
| Jun 28, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 2:25 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MPX | 42 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jul 15, 12:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jul 15, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 5:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 1:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jul 23, 8:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 22 min |
| Jul 23, 9:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 9:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 11:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 12:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 26 min |
| Jul 26, 1:54 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Watch | MPX | 13 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:29 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MPX | 31 hr |
| Jul 27, 4:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 35 min |
| Jul 27, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 8:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 8:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 8, 11:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Aug 11, 10:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 4:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Aug 16, 5:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Aug 17, 2:17 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | 20 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:16 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 5 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Sep 9, 7:04 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 16 hr |
| Sep 10, 11:29 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 12 hr |
| Sep 12, 11:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Sep 22, 1:22 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 21 hr |
| Sep 23, 8:40 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 13 hr |
| Oct 6, 1:56 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | MPX | 12 hr |
| Oct 7, 1:51 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | MPX | 30 hr |
| Oct 20, 2:16 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | 28 hr |
| Oct 30, 1:32 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 8 hr |
| Nov 24, 1:42 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | 25 hr |
| Nov 24, 2:23 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | 46 hr |
| Nov 25, 5:32 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:26 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | 12 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | 37 hr |
| Dec 9, 11:56 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 11, 1:30 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | MPX | 69 hr |
| Dec 17, 2:16 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 34 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:01 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 30 hr |
| Dec 26, 5:22 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | 36 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:34 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | 18 hr |
| Dec 27, 1:51 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | 40 hr |
| Dec 28, 9:52 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 29, 6:08 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | 6 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.